CONFIRMED: Mount WILL complete Man Utd transfer

Jacque Talbot

Updated: 22 Jun 2023 08:27 BST
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Mason Mount, Erik ten Hag, Man Utd, 2022/23 — © ProShots

Mason Mount is pushing for a move to Manchester United and we are told that a deal should be wrapped up by the end of the month as the Red Devils near a deal with Chelsea.

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Chelsea want to extract maximum value for the midfielder but a lot of this is in the knowledge that he is certain to leave the club this summer. Man Utd submitted a second bid of £45 million plus £5m in add-ons for Mount, but Chelsea immediately rejected it and asked for £60m plus an additional £5m.

Another offer will be put in and a move is getting closer, FootballTransfers has been told. The feeling is that Mount will be a Man Utd player by 1 July and will have pre-season with the Old Trafford side.

Man Utd are targeting Declan Rice and weighing up using Scott McTominay as a makeweight to see that deal realised but we hear that West Ham would rather have Kalvin Phillips or Joao Palhinha, though Fulham are demanding in excess of £90m for the Portuguese.

© ProShots - Mount is turning down contracts at Chelsea

Ten Hag frustrations

Like last year, Ten Hag wants to get his business done early, but there are a myriad of issues that mean the Dutchman will not be able to get his major targets over the line.

The most pressing is the takeover, which is rumbling on in the background. There is frustration behind the scenes over the Glazers and their ownership of the club and how the ongoing saga has hamstrung Ten Hag in the transfer market. He has not been given the funds required to make the signings he wants.

The Man Utd boss said towards the end of last season about transfers: “We need more. Now we are far away, so we have a lot of work to do. We've made progress, but we need better players if we want to compete for the highest. But I don't have so much patience, that is one of my mistakes.”

Mount will be a start.